Eclipses 2014

Retrograde windows run from the station-retrograde day to the station-direct day, both counted, in UTC — the same windows as the 2014 retrograde calendar.

Eclipses and times of greatest eclipse are computed with astronomy-engine and checked against NASA’s eclipse catalog; see the method.

01When are the eclipses in 2014?

Total lunar: 15 Apr 2014, 25° Libra; Annular solar, non-central: 29 Apr 2014, 8° Taurus; Total lunar: 8 Oct 2014, 15° Aries; Partial solar: 23 Oct 2014, 0° Scorpio. Times of greatest eclipse are on this page, in UTC.

02When is eclipse season in 2014?

31 Mar 2014 to 7 May 2014 (south node); 24 Sep 2014 to 30 Oct 2014 (north node). A season here is every UTC day on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of one of the Moon’s nodes.

03Which planets were retrograde during the 2014 eclipses?

Total lunar eclipse on 15 Apr: Retrograde that day: Mars, Saturn and Pluto. Annular solar, non-central eclipse on 29 Apr: Retrograde that day: Mars, Saturn and Pluto. Total lunar eclipse on 8 Oct: Retrograde that day: Mercury, Uranus and Neptune. It falls on day 5 of a 22-day Mercury retrograde. Partial solar eclipse on 23 Oct: Retrograde that day: Mercury, Uranus and Neptune. It falls on day 20 of a 22-day Mercury retrograde.

04What is an eclipse season?

The Moon’s orbit is tilted about five degrees to the Sun’s path, so most new and full moons pass above or below the Sun or Earth’s shadow. Twice a year, for about five weeks, the Sun stands near one of the two points where the orbits cross, the nodes; any new or full moon then is close enough to the node to cast or catch a shadow. Every season has at least two eclipses, a solar and a lunar, and sometimes three.